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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I5' 1920.

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ALBERT HEMSI-IEWSKI. OF COAL VALLEY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FIFTH TOEGNATY SHUMILO, OF NEFFS, OHIO.

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Application filed September 15, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HEMsHEWsKI, a. citizen of Russia, residing atCoal Valley, county of Rock Island, and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Tables, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tables, particularly tablesfor self-service and it is the principal object of the invention toprovide a table of this character which allows a diner to select andplace within his easy reach any dish on the table without disturbing hisco-diners or needing the assistance of a servant.

The invention has a special utility in connection with lunch or diningrooms and the like in which food dishes or the like, may be placed uponthe center rotatable part of the table so that a guest may turn thespecial dish he prefers within easy reach of his hands.

Another object of the invention is to provide a table which can beconveniently used as a pay table or as a table for filing.

For the purpose of accomplishing the above objects certain novelstructure is employed as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings which are for illustrative purposes only:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a table constructed according to thepresent invention.

Figure 2 is a side View of the table, partly in section.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the tablesupport, partly in section alongline 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 a top plan view of a modified form of table constructedaccording to the present invention, and

Figure 5 is a side view thereof.

As illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the table comprises the customaryplate 10 resting upon a supporting square frame 11 provided with thecross-braces 12, 13, 1a and 15, the central meeting ends of which areconstructed to form a supporting ring 16 on a bearing 17, provided witha central hole 18, for the passage of the central leg 19, the upper endof which carries a round table 20, the outer edge of which is somewhathigher than the plane of the plate 10, and which is Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

Serial No. 410,354.

adapted to rotate on said leg within a circular opening in the center ofthe table plate 10. The lower end of the leg 19 is journaled in abearing 21 in the middle of a brace 22 between the table legs 23 and 24.As shown in Figure 1, dishes 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 may be placed uponthe center rotatable table 20, so that a person can bring any of thedishes within easy reach of his hands by gripping the outer edge of theplate 20.

As illustrated in Figures 1 and 5, the table, especially the center partthereof, may be constructed to contain a plurality of drawers 30provided with outer knobs 31 which are adapted to be pulled out over theplate 10 and these drawers may be used for the reception of payenvelopes, each for a certain denomination, as for instance one drawerfor envelopes containing $20.00 the other for those containing $30.00 or$25.00 according to the scale of the weekly wages to be paid out. Thesedrawers may also just as well be used for filing away letters, documentsor the like, and may be correspondingly labelled. I

All these described uses are obviously within the scope of my inventionand it is to be understood are described as illustrative only.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A table of thecharacter described comprising a round top plate having a centralopening, a square support for said top plate, cross-braces connectingthe sides of said square support, a central supporting ring, a bearingcarrying said ring and provided with an opening formed at the innermeeting ends of said braces, an auxiliary table plate, a leg secured tothe underside of said auxiliary table plate, legs for said squaresupport, lower braces for said legs adapted to have the lower end ofsaid leg of the auxiliary table ournaled therein, said auxiliary tableadapted to carry dishes and to be gripped by hand at its peripheryprojecting above the top plate for rotating said auxiliary table and thedishes thereon for bringing any of said dishes in front of a person atthe round top plate.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

ALBERT HEMSHEWSKI.

